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Jervis Bay Requiem.(Poem)

Quadrant

| June 01, 2008 | Skrzynecki, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2008 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
JERVIS BAY REQUIEM 
 
   The trees were yellow with light. 
   Birds sang triumphantly 
   as if a shroud 
   had been lifted off the earth 
   and the souls of the dead 
   were being resurrected. 
 
   I was lying at the end of the day 
   between the trees 
   and an ocean pouring itself 
   onto the sands of Jervis Bay--at 
   peace with myself 
   and the birds that kept me company. 
 
   Deceased family and friends 
   filed past like a dream 
   I never expected 
   to ...
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